Communication from Foothills Elementary
ELearning Materials Available for 4/7 – 4/10
Foothills
Elementary will continue to provide educational materials on our website to
support ELearning. Please go to the Foothills website
(foothills.asd20.org) and scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click on the
grade level pages for assignments and resources. Specials teachers have
also provided materials for use. On our website, there are instructions for
accessing the online learning platforms. If you have questions about
assignments, please email your teacher. If you are having difficulty accessing
any of the learning platforms, please email janeal.tyler@asd20.org
or julie.cassano@asd20.org.
Borrowing a Device from Foothills
We understand that some families may need to borrow a
school device to help their students access these online materials. If your student
needs to borrow a device from Foothills, please follow the steps below:
Please fill out the ‘Borrowing a
School Device’ form by clicking here.
We
will not be charging a fee to borrow a device.
Once
you complete this form, you will receive an email from Ms. Bayne setting up a ‘pick up’ time and location. You can expect this follow-up email
within 24 hours of completing the form.
When
you pick up your device, you will need to fill out a rental agreement form. This will be provided for you at pickup but is attached for your
reference and review now.
Comcast
is offering free internet for two months for new customers who are https://www.internetessentials.com/
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Bayne at
julie.cassano@asd20.org.
Specials ELearning
Did you know that Specials (Art, Spanish, PE, Music,
STEAM, Meek Time, Technology) have online lessons for ELearning as well? Visit
their websites (you can access these websites from the Foothills homepage) to
access these lessons.
Facebook Live Events
Foothills staff
members will be leading Facebook Live Events this week! At 1:00 pm on the
following days, you can see the following teachers on Facebook Live (you can
access these by following our Foothills Elementary Facebook page)
Tuesday,
April 7: Mrs. Steele (Reading Room)
Wednesday,
April 8: Mrs. Kraus will host Wednesday Wonderings each Wednesday where she
will do a live science experiment!
Thursday, April 9: Mrs. Dellacroce will teach you how to make a glitter jar!
As always, these
videos will be posted to our Facebook page after the event is over, so even if
you can't catch it live you can see it later!
Family Fun Night
As you know, Family Fun Night was scheduled for Friday, April 24th.
This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and a great event for our community.
Due to the circumstances surrounding COVID 19, this event has been canceled
for this year. We plan to keep the same theme for next year! Thank you to
Hillary Saba and the PTO for all of their preparation in preparing for Family
Fun Night this year. We can’t WAIT until it happens next year!
Refunds for Enrichment Clubs
Many families signed their child up for before and after
school enrichment clubs before in-person learning was suspended. If payment was
via credit card, your card will be refunded. If payment was via cash or check,
a refund check will be mailed to you.
Scholastic Book Fair – Now online!
Great News Everyone, Our book fair has gone digital.
Now you can still get all the amazing new books from our book fair shipped
directly to your home. Customers will enjoy FREE SHIPPING on all book-only
orders over $25. The best thing about this book fair the school will receive a
percentage of the profits to help us buy more books for our school library and
MakerSpace. The online book fair will be available until May 25th!
This is our main source
of income for the school library, so please consider supporting the library and
enjoy your new books! Click here for the link.
eLearning
Foothills Elementary will continue to provide educational materials on our website and various online classrooms for the duration of the school closure. Please click on the grade level pages below for assignments and resources.
